Question

Write a program that asks the user to enter the total precipitation for each of the twelve months of the year into a list. The program should calculate and display the total precipitation for the year, the average monthly precipitation, and the months with the highest and lowest precipitation amounts. FYI: precipitation is measured in inches.

Assume that precipitation amounts are floating-point numbers. You will need a list to store the precipitation amounts and another list to store the names of the months.

Here is a sample run:

Enter total precipitation for January: 3.44
Enter total precipitation for February: 3.01
Enter total precipitation for March: 4.32
Enter total precipitation for April: 4.12
Enter total precipitation for May: 4.37
Enter total precipitation for June: 4.60
Enter total precipitation for July: 5.05
Enter total precipitation for August: 3.98
Enter total precipitation for September: 4.53
Enter total precipitation for October: 3.82
Enter total precipitation for November: 3.94
Enter total precipitation for December: 4.23

Total precipitation: 49.41 inches.
Average precipitation: 4.12 inches.
July has the highest precipitation: 5.05 inches.
February has the lowest precipitation: 3.01 inches.

Notes:

• The purpose of this problem is to practice using lists, list functions and methods, and the index system. Do not use loops or conditional branching
• Please make sure to submit a well-written program. Good identifier names, useful comments, and spacing will be some of the criteria that will be used when grading this assignment.
• This assignment can be and must be solved using only the materials that have been discussed in class. Do not look for alternative methods that have not been covered as part of this course.

PLEASE CODE IN PYTHON PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE

Answer 1

Code for the given output :-

# list for storing input values
precipitationList = []
# list of months
months = ["January","February","March","April","May","June","July",
          "August","September","October","November","December"]
# Asking value for each month without using loop and appending in precipitationList
n = float(input("Enter total precipitation for {}: ".format(months[0])))
precipitationList.append(n)
n = float(input("Enter total precipitation for {}: ".format(months[1])))
precipitationList.append(n)
n = float(input("Enter total precipitation for {}: ".format(months[2])))
precipitationList.append(n)
n = float(input("Enter total precipitation for {}: ".format(months[3])))
precipitationList.append(n)
n = float(input("Enter total precipitation for {}: ".format(months[4])))
precipitationList.append(n)
n = float(input("Enter total precipitation for {}: ".format(months[5])))
precipitationList.append(n)
n = float(input("Enter total precipitation for {}: ".format(months[6])))
precipitationList.append(n)
n = float(input("Enter total precipitation for {}: ".format(months[7])))
precipitationList.append(n)
n = float(input("Enter total precipitation for {}: ".format(months[8])))
precipitationList.append(n)
n = float(input("Enter total precipitation for {}: ".format(months[9])))
precipitationList.append(n)
n = float(input("Enter total precipitation for {}: ".format(months[10])))
precipitationList.append(n)
n = float(input("Enter total precipitation for {}: ".format(months[11])))
precipitationList.append(n)
# Calculating sum of precipitation using sum function
total_precipitation = sum(precipitationList)
#  Calculating Average by dividing sum with 12
average_precipitation = total_precipitation / 12
# Finding maximum precipitation using max funnction
maximum_precipitation = max(precipitationList)
# Finding minimum precipitation using min funnction
minimum_precipitation = min(precipitationList)
# getting month index by maximum and minimum precipitation using index function
max_month = precipitationList.index(maximum_precipitation)
min_month = precipitationList.index(minimum_precipitation)
print("\n")
print("Total precipitation: {} inches".format(total_precipitation))
print("Average precipitation: {:.2f} inches".format(average_precipitation))
print("{} has the highest precipitation: {} inches.".format(months[max_month],maximum_precipitation))
print("{} has the lowest precipitation: {} inches.".format(months[min_month],minimum_precipitation))

Screenshot for the above code :-

Output for the above code :-